More records fall on final day

STOCKTON - It did not take long for the first record to fall Sunday on Day 3 of the Stockton Summer Swim Championships at Cortopassi Aquatics Center.

Dave Campbell

STOCKTON - It did not take long for the first record to fall Sunday on Day 3 of the Stockton Summer Swim Championships at Cortopassi Aquatics Center.

The first event of the day was the girls 7-and-under 25-yard breaststroke and Shelby Richardson eclipsed the record set in 2008 by winning in 23.10 seconds with her sister Kylie finishing second (26.38).

"I like the breaststroke because it is the easiest stroke," Shelby Richardson said.

Shelby Richardson had a busy tournament, winning the 25 backstroke (22.80) and finishing third in the 25 butterfly (25.61) on Saturday.

Sidney Banks of the Spanos Park West Wahoos established a new mark in the girls 9-year-old 50 breaststroke at 41.98, with the old mark being established in 1994.

"I wasn't thinking about the record," Banks said.

Guy Paulin rewrote his name in the record book, this time in the 12-year-old 50 breaststroke, erasing a 2002 mark.

"When I was 10 I broke a record, but then a really fast kid broke that one," Paulin said. "This is usually my best stroke, and coming in I knew I had a chance."

Since this tournament is for "B"-level swimmers, it is an accomplishment when an "A" time is reached. Kayla Glaser of Amblers Aquatics did just that in the girls 8-year-old 25 breaststroke, winning it in 24.15. Glaser finished second in the 25 freestyle (18.05)

"I didn't know I swam the "A" time," Glaser said. "That was a goal for me."

The girls 13-14 50 freestyle had the top four finish within a second of each other, and all four posted "A" times - the only race to do so all day. Riverton's Madison Lincoln finished first (27.27), Leticia Mosqueda of Quail Lakes was second (27.71), Lincoln 1&5's Alice Horton was third (28.04) and Sid Moreno of Spanos Park East was fourth (28.16).

The boys 13-14 50 freestyle saw three "A" times and two record-breaking performances. The first-place finish by Anthony Craven (23.97) of the Linden Sea Lions and second place for Spanos Park East's Danny John (24.09) both beat the 2002 record and Chris Webster of Mallards of Brookside notched an "A" time in 25.38.

Evan Arredondo won two events with "A" times - the boys 8-year-old 25 freestyle (16.21) and 25 breaststroke (22.71). The second- and third-place finishers in the freestyle, Kasey Gaff and Dexter Zindel, also had "A" times. Zindel finished second in the breaststroke and has an "A" time in that as well.

"When I took that first stroke I thought I had it," Arredondo said of his freestyle race. "It felt good to me."

Owen Bohi broke into the "A" ranks with a time of 16.97 in the boys 7-under 25 freestyle.

"I have won first place before," Bohi said. "But not at a City meet."

Grace Lawson of Spanos Park East found herself in the fastest heat of the girls 8-year-old 25 freestyle and responded with a win in 17.49, the only "A" time in the event.

"I got put in the fastest race and I came in with an "A" time," Lawson said.

Mallards of Brookside won the meet with 1,471.67 points. Lincoln 1&5 was second (1,103.17) and Spanos Park East was third (1,005.67).

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